Please help with RFKill - SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

[Rich]

I have tried everything I can google up and cannot get my wifi to start. Its soft blocked on a desktop machine, no VM, kali has its own dedicated drive.
I have even uninstalled RFKill and it does not solve the problem.

root@dad:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Thanks

[pedropt]

see the device that is blocked using terminal :

rfkill list

to unblock a device look the number it have behind phy0 or phyxxxx
and write :

rfkill unblock x

x = number of the device

[Rich]

Thanks for the reply, here are my results

root@dad:~#  rfkill list 
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
root@dad:~# rfkill unblock 0
root@dad:~# 
root@dad:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
root@dad:~#  rfkill list 
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
root@dad:~# rfkill unblock 0
root@dad:~# 
root@dad:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

I originally forgot ro mention my wifi is rtl8187 if that matters.

Thanks

[pedropt]

interesting , hummmm
that never happened to me .
anyway , give a look to this link : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1946445
maybe it is the driver , dont know .
it is the original driver compiled with kali , or did you installed compact wireless drivers ?

[Rich]

Thanks for the reply... I have already tried that thread.. the ubuntu stuff doesnt seem to work for me.

root@dad:~# "blacklist hp-wmi" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
bash: blacklist hp-wmi: command not found

This is driving me nucking futs

Peace

[pedropt]

that blacklist command is for an wireless card from HP , in yourcase it should be something like :

"blacklist rtl8187" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

to be honest , i am also lost in this one , i have a little experience in kali based on articles i find on the net , after all i just installed kali 2 months ago .
anyway , it is complicated to solve a situation that you never experience before , you go on a guess , and that is what i am trying to do .
there is a solution that may work if it is a driver issue .
it is installing compact wireless drivers , now formally backports .

give a look to this websites how to install compact wireless drivers with injection patches .
http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2012/09/...patch-for.html
http://www.janoweb.net/tutorials/ins...#axzz2yPsSVPCg

[Rich]

Thanks for that info. I dont have time to check it out tonight but will check it out tomorrow.

[sark_89]

I had this issue when using aircrack-ng. I start my wireless card i.e.
airmon-ng start wlan1
then before I type airodump-ng wlan1 I type in

rfkill unblock wifi

Seems to work for me.

[pedropt]

check this file : /ect/modprob.d/kali-blacklist.conf
remove from there anything related rtl8187
save the file .
then reboot

what is more curious is that it is an hardware block .

an alternative way could be installing compact wireless , but only the rtl drivers .

[SuprN0va]

I have tried everything I can google up and cannot get my wifi to start. Its soft blocked on a desktop machine, no VM, kali has its own dedicated drive.
I have even uninstalled RFKill and it does not solve the problem.

root@dad:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Thanks

I really gotta say that this RFKill application needs to just straight up be REMOVED!!! It is not very useful, just a headache. I would like to know who the **** decided this program needed to be included to begin with and for what reason, I can't even think of any good reason for this, seriously, think about it, then if you find a reason, take a few mins and think over that reason and I bet you will agree this is worthless....

[pedropt]

maybe rfkill was made before they put the RFkill buttons on laptops .
don't know , just giving a shot to the air .